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So, about this “big data” thing …

by | Jan 7, 2019

On Facebook last Friday our member Carla Berg Nelson posted briefly about a new Psychology Today blog post, Data: the New Window into Humanity, by John Nosta. She tagged a number of other members (and non).  I know and respect Nosta from his days creating a LinkedIn...
Pay people for their data – yes, or no?

Pay people for their data – yes, or no?

by | Nov 16, 2018

SPM members Casey Quinlan (yes, yours truly) and Jan Oldenburg were part of a trinity of folks debating the idea of paying people for the data they contribute to the digital economy, in healthcare and in all other sectors. Here’s the full version of the...
Whither Cochrane, for e-patients and everyone else?

Whither Cochrane, for e-patients and everyone else?

by | Oct 20, 2018

This will be the third, and last, in my short series on attending the Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh in September of this year. In the first post, I talked about what that conference was like; in the second, I shared an overview of Cochrane as a global movement to...
The who, what, when, where, and why of Cochrane

The who, what, when, where, and why of Cochrane

by | Oct 13, 2018

If you’ve been paying attention, you know that yours truly got the chance to attend the annual Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh in September this year, thanks to a travel stipend from SPM, a #PatientsIncluded bursary from Cochrane UK, the hosts of the 2018...

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